The Year of Our Lord 1924

Bishop Events

May to June

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
1 May	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Benvenuto Diego Alonso y Nistal, O.F.M. Cap. †	Titular Bishop of Doryla�um	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Caron�, Venezuela
	48.5	Ordained Bishop	Francis Joseph Beckman †	Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
	49.3	Appointed	Ruggero Bovelli †	Bishop of Modigliana, Italy	Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Edward Wilson Douglas †	Priest of Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain	Bishop Emeritus of Motherwell, Scotland, Great Britain
	46.4	Ordained Bishop	Jean Trudon Jans, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Rhosus	Vicar Apostolic of Ichang [Yichang], China
	51.0	Ordained Bishop	Emile-Jean-Fran�ois Thi�nard †	Bishop of Constantine (-Hippone), Algeria
2 May	50.3	Appointed	Pedro Mar�a Vera y Zuria †	Archbishop of Puebla de los �ngeles, M�xico
4 May	66.3	Installed	Joseph Aloysius Charles Murphy, S.J. †	Vicar Apostolic of British Honduras, Belize	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of British Honduras, Belize
4 May	37.5	Ordained Bishop	Jāzeps Rancāns †	Titular Bishop of Marcopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Riga, Latvia
7 May	50.6	Appointed	Giuseppe Potier, C.M. †	Prefect of Arauca, Colombia
9 May	52.7	Appointed	Paolo Albera †	Bishop of Mileto, Italy
10 May		Born	Settimio Todisco †		Archbishop Emeritus of Brindisi-Ostuni, Italy
11 May	74.3	Died	C�lestin-F�lix-Joseph Chouvellon, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Szechwan {Se-Ciuen Orientale}, China
12 May	67.2	Reconciled	Stephen Alexander Dzubay †	Bishop
12 May	66.3	Died	Louis Sebastian Walsh †	Bishop of Portland, Maine, USA
13 May	59.2	Ordained Bishop	Anton Pieter Franz van Velsen, S.J. †	Titular Bishop of Aezani	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Batavia, Indonesia
15 May		Born	Filippo Franceschi †		Bishop of Padova {Padua}, Italy
		Born	Ernesto Gallina †		Official Emeritus of the Secretariat of State
	67.1	Died	Florian Stan †	Auxiliary Bishop of Oradea Mare {Gran Varadino} (Romanian), Romania
18 May	22.7	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Di Donna, O.SS.T. †	Priest of Order of the Most Holy Trinity	Bishop of Andria, Italy
19 May	38.0	Appointed	Abel Isidoro Antezana y Rojas, C.M.F. †	Bishop of Cochabamba, Bolivia	Archbishop Emeritus of La Paz, Bolivia
19 May		Born	Yves-Marie-Henri Bescond †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Meaux, France
20 May	39.9	Appointed	Konštant�n Bohačevskyj †	Apostolic Exarch of United States of America (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania	Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
	39.9	Appointed	Konštant�n Bohačevskyj †	Titular Bishop of Amisus	Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
	44.5	Appointed	Basil Takacs (Takach) †	Apostolic Exarch of United States of America (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania
	44.5	Appointed	Basil Takacs (Takach) †	Titular Bishop of Zela	Apostolic Exarch of United States of America (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania
21 May		Born	Miguel �ngel Rafael Mar�a de Santa Teresita del Nino Jes�s Lecumberri Erburu, O.C.D. †		Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Tumaco, Colombia
	78.3	Died	Ildefonso Vincenzo Pisani, C.R.L. †	Bishop Emeritus of Anglona-Tursi, Italy
		Born	Giulio Salimei †		Auxiliary Bishop of Roma {Rome}, Italy
	69.9	Died	Pierre Verdier †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France
22 May	54.0	Ordained Bishop	Fabien-Zo�l Decelles †	Bishop of Saint-Hyacinthe, Qu�bec, Canada
	61.2	Appointed	Alexis-Henri-Marie L�picier, O.S.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
	44.3	Appointed	Joseph Casimir Plagens †	Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan, USA	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
	44.3	Appointed	Joseph Casimir Plagens †	Titular Bishop of Rhodiapolis	Bishop of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
25 May	16.0	Simple Vows	Enrico Romolo Compagnone, O.C.D. †	Member of Order of Discalced Carmelites	Bishop Emeritus of Terracina-Latina, Priverno e Sezze, Italy
25 May	28.0	Ordained Deacon	Henri-Albert Thomine, M.E.P. †	Deacon of La Soci�t� des Missions Etrang�res	Vicar Apostolic of Laos
27 May	35.7	Appointed	Miguel �ngel Builes G�mez †	Bishop of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia
	83.2	Died	Cl�udio Jos� Gon�alves Ponce de Le�o, C.M. †	Archbishop Emeritus of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
		Born	James Martin Hayes †		Archbishop Emeritus of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
28 May	37.2	Appointed	Henricus Leo Smeets, S.C.I. †	Prefect of Benkoelen, Indonesia	Prefect Emeritus
29 May	61.2	Ordained Bishop	Alexis-Henri-Marie L�picier, O.S.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Tarsus	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
29 May	25.5	Ordained Priest	Jos� de Medeiros Leite †	Priest	Bishop of Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1 Jun	43.9	Ordained Bishop	John Dignan †	Bishop of Clonfert, Ireland
		Born	Fran�ois Kabangu wa Mutela †		Bishop Emeritus of Luebo, Congo (Dem. Rep.)
		Born	Andr�s Mar�a Rubio Garcia, S.D.B. †		Bishop Emeritus of Mercedes, Uruguay
2 Jun	75.8	Died	Francesco Ciceri †	Bishop of Pavia, Italy
2 Jun	85.2	Died	Ferdinand von Schl�r †	Bishop of W�rzburg, Germany
4 Jun		Born	Michel-Gaspard Coppenrath †		Archbishop Emeritus of Papeete, French Polynesia, Pacific (Oceania)
5 Jun		Born	Joseph Jean Marie Rozier †		Bishop of Poitiers, France
6 Jun	80.6	Died	Andrea Righetti †	Bishop of Carpi, Italy
8 Jun	39.7	Ordained Bishop	Henry Aloysius Gogarty, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Themiscyra	Vicar Apostolic of Kilima-Njaro, Tanzania
		Born	Vladas Michelevičius †		Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Kaunas, Lithuania
	25.7	Ordained Priest	Leo John Steck †	Priest of Saint Louis, Missouri, USA	Auxiliary Bishop of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
	23.1	Ordained Priest	Albert Rudolph Zuroweste †	Priest of Belleville, Illinois, USA	Bishop Emeritus
9 Jun	40.0	Ordained Bishop	Bartholomew Stanislaus Wilson, C.S.Sp. †	Titular Bishop of Acmonia	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Sierra Leone
10 Jun		Born	Colin Cameron Davies, M.H.M. †		Bishop Emeritus of Ngong, Kenya
10 Jun	25.1	Ordained Priest	Peregrin de la Fuente N�star, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Prelate of Batanes and the Babuyan Islands, Philippines
11 Jun	61.2	Appointed	Alexis-Henri-Marie L�picier, O.S.M. †	Official of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith	Cardinal, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation of the Affairs of Religious
12 Jun	17.1	Entered	William Patrick Whelan, O.M.I. †	Member of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa
13 Jun	48.5	Appointed	Ant�nio Antunes †	Coadjutor Bishop of Coimbra, Portugal	Bishop
	53.5	Appointed	Josef Bombera †	Vicar Apostolic of Czechoslovakia
	53.5	Appointed	Josef Bombera †	Titular Bishop of Hieropolis	Vicar Apostolic of Czechoslovakia
	39.0	Appointed	Mikiel Gonzi †	Bishop of Gozo, Malta	Archbishop Emeritus of Malta
14 Jun	26.6	Ordained Priest	Francisco Jos� Bruls Canisius, S.M.M. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Bishop Emeritus of Villavicencio, Colombia
	27.7	Ordained Priest	Albert-Marie Guiot, S.M.M. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Bishop of Port-de-Paix, Ha�ti
	26.8	Ordained Priest	Joh�nnes Gunnarsson, S.M.M. †	Priest of Missionaries of the Company of Mary	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Iceland {Islanda}
	25.2	Ordained Priest	Martin Michael Johnson †	Priest	Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
	27.4	Ordained Priest	Manuel Mascari�as y Morgia †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Tagbilaran, Philippines
	24.3	Ordained Priest	G�rard Mongeau, O.M.I. †	Priest of Oblates of Mary Immaculate	Archbishop Emeritus of Cotabato, Philippines
	70.9	Appointed	Paul N�gre †	Auxiliary Bishop of Rodez (-Vabres), France	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Alban (Edward) Quinn, O. Carm. †		Apostolic Administrator Emeritus of Sicuani, Peru
	27.1	Ordained Priest	Martin Walter Stanton †	Priest of Newark, New Jersey, USA	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Newark, New Jersey, USA
15 Jun	39.9	Ordained Bishop	Konštant�n Bohačevskyj †	Titular Bishop of Amisus	Archbishop of Philadelphia (Ukrainian), Pennsylvania, USA
	53.2	Died	Camillo Francesco Carrara, O.F.M. Cap. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eritrea
	55.1	Ceased	Carlo Gregorio Maria Grasso, O.S.B. †	Apostolic Administrator of Nola, Italy	Archbishop of Salerno (-Acerno), Italy
	51.6	Ordained Bishop	Andrew Killian †	Bishop of Port Augusta, Australia	Archbishop of Adelaide, Australia
	52.4	Installed	Luigi Mazzini †	Bishop of Anagni, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	45.3	Ordained Bishop	Egisto Domenico Melchiori †	Bishop of Nola, Italy	Bishop of Tortona, Italy
	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Basil Takacs (Takach) †	Titular Bishop of Zela	Apostolic Exarch of United States of America (Ruthenian), Pennsylvania
22 Jun	25.8	Ordained Priest	Secondo Bologna †	Priest of Cuneo, Italy	Bishop of Boiano-Campobasso, Italy
	27.6	Ordained Priest	Ioan Maria Duma, O.F.M. Conv. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual	Titular Bishop of Iuliopolis
	68.5	Died	Pacifico Fiorani †	Bishop of Osimo e Cingoli, Italy
	24.8	Ordained Priest	Giovanni Battista Piasentini, C.S.Ch. †	Priest of Congregation of the Schools of Charity	Bishop Emeritus of Chioggia, Italy
	22.7	Ordained Priest	Imre Szab� †	Priest	Apostolic Administrator of Esztergom, Hungary
23 Jun	39.1	Appointed	Richard Oliver Gerow †	Bishop of Natchez, Mississippi, USA	Bishop Emeritus of Natchez-Jackson, Mississippi, USA
	53.6	Appointed	Francis Clement Kelley †	Bishop of Oklahoma, USA	Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
	62.3	Resigned	Brice Meuleman, S.J. †	Archbishop of Calcutta, India	Archbishop Emeritus
	48.7	Succeeded	Ferdinand P�rier, S.J. †	Archbishop of Calcutta, India	Archbishop Emeritus
24 Jun	27.7	Ordained Priest	Louis-Joseph Cabana, M. Afr. †	Priest of Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers)	Archbishop Emeritus of Rubaga, Uganda
24 Jun	51.2	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Camille Costes †	Titular Bishop of Telmissus	Bishop of Angers, France
26 Jun		Born	Miroslav Stefan Marusyn †		Secretary Emeritus of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches
		Born	Dermot J. Ryan †		Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
		Born	Paul Sani Kleden, S.V.D. †		Bishop of Denpasar, Indonesia
27 Jun	26.8	Ordained Priest	Henry Ambrose Pinger, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Zhoucun [Chowtsun], China
28 Jun	49.4	Installed	Ruggero Bovelli †	Bishop of Faenza, Italy	Archbishop of Ferrara, Italy
	29.5	Ordained Priest	Ren� Henri Joseph Fontenelle †	Priest of Cambrai, France	Titular Bishop of Theudalis
	26.5	Ordained Priest	Charles-Marie-Jacques Guilhem †	Priest of Paris, France	Bishop Emeritus of Laval, France
	23.9	Ordained Priest	Amand Louis Marie Antoine Hubert, S.M.A. †	Priest of Society of African Missions	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Eliopoli di Egitto, Egypt
	81.5	Died	Jean-Joseph Tournier †	Auxiliary Bishop of Carthage, Tunisia
29 Jun	49.0	Ordained Bishop	John Barry †	Bishop of Goulburn, Australia
	23.5	Ordained Priest	No�l Laurent Boucheix, S.M.A. †	Priest of Clermont, France	Bishop Emeritus of Porto Novo, Benin
	23.4	Ordained Priest	Giuseppe Burzio †	Priest of Torino {Turin}, Italy	Apostolic Nuncio
	38.8	Ordained Bishop	Ant�nio Augusto de Castro Meireles †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal	Bishop of Porto, Portugal
	28.9	Ordained Priest	John Charles McQuaid, C.S.Sp. †	Priest of Congregation of the Holy Spirit	Archbishop Emeritus of Dublin, Ireland
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Rub�n Odio Herrera †	Priest of San Jos� de Costa Rica	Archbishop

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